Corner-iron for vehicle-bodies



(No Model.)

J. W. DIPMAN & A. EXLINE. CORNER IRON FOR VEVHIGLE BODIES.

Patented May 10,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. DIPMAN AND ADAM EXLINE, OF NORTII BALTIMORE, OHIO.

CORNER-IRON FORlVEHlCLE-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent N 0. 603,814, dated May 10,1898. Application filed uly 3, 1897. Serial No. 643,421. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN W. DIPMAN and ADAM EXLINE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at North Baltimore, in the county of Wood andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Corner-Iron forVehicle-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in corner-irons forvehicle-bodies.

The object of the present invention is to improve the means employed forsecuring the sides and ends of vehicle-bodies together and to the bottomand to provide simple, inexpensive, and efficient cornerirons adapted tobe readily applied to a vehicle-body and capable of firmly connectingthe sides and ends without necessitating the employment of corner-posts.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illus trated inthe accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of avehicle-body provided with corner-irons constructed in accordance withthis invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail, perspective views ofthe inner and outer irons. Fig. 6 is a reverse plan View of a portion ofthe vehicle, illustrating the arrangement of the bottom flange of theouter corner-iron.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate inner and outer cornerirons arranged on the inner andouter faces of the side 3 and end 4 of a vehicle-body and connected byhorizontal fastening devices 5, which pass through perforations of theirons and the body and which may consist of bolts, rivets, or othersuitable devices. The corner-irons, which dispense with the cornerpostusually employed in vehicle-bodies, may be L-shaped in horizontalsection, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, or the angle maybechanged to conform to the configuration of the body to which they areap-' plied.

The inner plate or iron, which extends from the bottom of theVehicle-body to the upper edges thereof, is provided at the latter withan outwardly-extending horizontal flange 5, equal in width to thethickness of the side and end of the vehicle-body and of greaterlength'than the sides of the corner-iron, so as to extend beyond thesame along the upper edges of the side 3 and the end 4 of the body.

The upper horizontal flange 5 is provided with suitable perforations forthe reception of fastening devices 6 for securing it to thevehicle-body.

The outer corner-iron 2 extends from the upper edges of the wagon-bodyto the lower face of the bottom or the frame thereof, and it is.provided with horizontal flanges 7, which extend inward beyond thesides and ends and is secured by fastening devices 8 to the said bottomor bottom frame. The horizontal inwardly-extending flange of the outercorneriron is of greater width than the upper flange 5 and serves tosupport the bottom of the ve hicle-body.

The invention has the following ad vantages: The corner-irons areadapted to be readily applied to the body of any ordinary vehicle, andthey firmly embrace the sides and ends and securely fasten the same tothe bottom of the body, so that there is no liability of a body breakingor separating at its corners. They also dispense with the corner-postsusually employed and lessen the cost of construction, while increasingthe strength and durability of vehicle-bodies.

What we claim is The combination with a vehicle-body, of the inner andouter corner-irons, arranged 011 the inner and outer faces of the sidesand ends of the body, the inner corner-iron being provided at its topwith an outwardly-extending flange to engage the upper edges of thebody, and the outer corner-iron being provided at its lower end with aninwardly-extending flange to fit against the bottom of the I body, saidinner and outer corner-irons being vertically adjustable to vary thedistance between the said flanges to suit wagon-bodies of differentheights, and means for connecting the corner irons, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. DIPMAN. ADAM EXLINE.

Witnesses:

W. H. MCMILLEN, GEO. W. BAOHMANI

